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Dear “a grieving mother”:

Posted on January 4, 2007 - by admin

Thank you for your e-mail and for joining us on our blog. We were very sorry to hear of the loss of you first child. We know how devastating it is to have our children die as we have such hopes, dreams and plans for them. Many women tell us of their concerns regarding their husbands responses to loss. It sounds like you have really made sure that he has had medical evaluation. Since we do not know him and have not seen him we have suggestions that we believe could impact you as a couple. We would first suggest […]

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Request for Help: Do Men Grieve Differently?

Posted on January 4, 2007 - by admin

Dear Ms. Ruff, I am looking for help for my husband. Nearly 3 years ago, our first child died at 39.5 weeks of my pregnancy. The cause of her death is unknown. She looked so perfect…so beautiful. Of course, I do not have to explain to you the torment and torture that the death of a child brings to the very existence of the parent’s lives. A very important thing to mention is that 13 months after our first baby daughter died, we were blessed with a second baby daugther healthy and alive…she’s now almost 2 years old. I know […]

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Testimony of a Suicide Survivor

Posted on January 3, 2007 - by

I am a suicide survivor. I am also a Christian. This article explains how anyone, but especially people of faith, can survive or help others to survive the tragedy of a suicidal death of a family member or close friend. My father committed suicide with an overdose of prescription medicine taken in conjunction with alcohol. Alcohol is a depressant that exacerbates suicidal tendencies in those who are prone to such self-destructive acts. I was 16 years old at the time. I was wrongly ashamed of my father’s suicide for most of my life. In fact, that feeling of shame is […]

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Testimony of a Suicide Survivor

Posted on January 3, 2007 - by admin

I am a suicide survivor. I am also a Christian. This article explains how anyone, but especially people of faith, can survive or help others to survive the tragedy of a suicidal death of a family member or close friend. My father committed suicide with an overdose of prescription medicine taken in conjunction with alcohol. Alcohol is a depressant that exacerbates suicidal tendencies in those who are prone to such self-destructive acts. I was 16 years old at the time. I was wrongly ashamed of my father?s suicide for most of my life. In fact, that feeling of shame is […]

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For The New Widow – Three Things To Remember – When The Moon In The Sky Hits Like An Axe In The Eye

Posted on January 3, 2007 - by

While it’s normal to bust out crying when you least expect it, and it’s okay to toast your new found freedom, remind yourself, though you may feel on top of the world one moment, on the slippery slope of grief, it’s not unusual to take one step forward and slide two steps back.

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For The New Widow – Three Things To Remember – When The Moon In The Sky Hits Like An Axe In The Eye

Posted on January 3, 2007 - by Linda Della-Donna

It?s the end of the day, the end of the week, the end of the month. The cat?s in the cradle and the dog?s in the yard. Or, is it the other way around? You peel one last sticky stamp off a roll, place it on one last envelope, breathe one soft sigh of relief and like a kid with a cupcake, you congratulate yourself for getting through — One more day, one more week, one more month, maybe one more year — Without Him.

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For the New Widow – Deal Yourself a Deck of Joy – 52 Ways to Manage Your Grief

Posted on January 2, 2007 - by

Your husband is dead. It is your first thought in the morning as you get out of bed and your last thought at the end of the day. You sleep alone. You sit at the breakfast table sipping coffee alone, and stare at an empty chair. Change is difficult and you wonder can you accept the hand life has dealt you.

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For the New Widow – Deal Yourself a Deck of Joy – 52 Ways to Manage Your Grief

Posted on January 2, 2007 - by Linda Della-Donna

Your husband is dead. It is your first thought in the morning as you get out of bed and your last thought at the end of the day. You sleep alone. You sit at the breakfast table sipping coffee alone, and stare at an empty chair. Change is difficult and you wonder can you accept the hand life has dealt you. You can. You will. Think new deck of cards. Think one card at a time.

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Missing Someone So Much It Hurts? Try The Brokenheart Stomp!

Posted on January 1, 2007 - by admin

Things looking bleak? When milestone days approach, a holiday, a birthday or deathday, do your emotions tumble downhill as you struggle with lonely, depressing efforts to hold back your feelings? Is the one you really want with someone else, or did he or she pass away, yet you hunger and yearn for whom is missing? Do you have to push away painful memories just to get through the day and that takes all your concentration and

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Gerald Ford and James Brown: We Hardly Knew Ye

Posted on December 31, 2006 - by admin

I find it fascinating that our nation is mourning two famous individuals whom hardly anybody knew. People all across America are talking about President Ford and James Brown in glowing and endearing terms, almost as if the two of them had been our next-door neighbors. Only they weren?t, but it doesn?t seem to matter. We mourn their deaths because both of them were important to us as a nation. President Ford took over when President Nixon resigned, at a crucial point in our history. We had just suffered through Watergate, the worst example of political

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